Symphony No. 8 In Full Score (Paperback)

by Gustav Mahler (Author)

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Product Description
Superb authoritative edition of massive, complex "Symphony of a Thousand." Powerful synthesis of motet, dramatic cantata, oratorio, song cycle and symphony, scored for an ensemble of orchestra, eight solo voices, a double chorus, a boys’ choir and organ. Unabridged republication of the edition published by Izdatel’stvo "Muzyka," Moscow, 1976. Translation of texts. Glossary.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (August 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486260224
• ISBN-13: 978-0486260228
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #433,455 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Greatest of all symphonies, May 5, 2003

By	Daniel Graser "saxgod685" (Wappingers Falls, New York United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm gonna keep this short and sweet. Mahler's 8th is the best symphony ever written. This score while in small type, shows you how Mahler put it all together and does it very clearly. The text translations are given but not much else. There isn't any sort of analysis or in depth commentary, just the music. This is an excellent deal for such an amazing piece. Great for theory students and college musicians wanting to learn a thing or two about composition.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mahler 8 full score and libretto , June 11, 2007

By	Mr. R. J. Cattermoul "Richard Cattermoul" (Reading UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is the complete unabridged score for full orchestra, choirs and soloists. Presented in 256 pages with accompanying text and translation, glossary, and instruments and voices, this would be the conductor's copy.

The opening organ chord fills the air with such tremendous expectancy that one senses that this is a piece of music quite unlike any other. As the music unfolds and the choir make their entrance into the foray, I am suddenly conscious in a way I have never noticed before, as if I'm about to embark on a journey into unknown and unfamiliar regions of my mind. The first movement appears to describe death of the glorious kind, and for those twenty six minutes I am transported to a world that would embrace the very nature of Heavenly arrival.

Following the score while listening to the actual sound, and one is liable to get lost in the technicalities, especially since the choirs are not always singing the same thing at the same time. Sometimes they sing words and phrases that are unexpected. Best to forget the manuscript and just listen to the music. It is, after all, what Mahler would have wanted.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The biggest and most powerful symphony ever written, June 27, 2001

By	Marko Vuorsalo "m_vuorsalo" (Turku, Finland) - See all my reviews

This symphony is so big, that if one has any chance to read the score while listening to it, do it! The score has revealed so many details about this great work that my opinion about it has changed totally! At first when I heard this, all I could hear was the song, and it didn't tell me anything, but now with the score in hand, I can see the different melodies used with the cross-references all over, and I can follow the progress of the sonata form in the first movement, which is so ingeniously developed that one can barely trace it, but it still follows a very logical consistency. All this I could only see when I read the score! Now this is one of my very favourite works of music!